Not Where It Is From

bacon,

burgers,

chicken nuggets 

you may 

have bought 

them from

a restaurant 

or the 

grocery store

but that 

is not 

where they 

came from

that flesh

belonged

to a body 

that muscle

was attached

to bones

to nerves 

to a head

with a brain

that knew

pain and fear

and human

betrayal 

to a heart

that pumped

blood

blood that

was spilled

all over 

the floor

of the 

slaughterhouse 

directly

because

of that 

dollar

you just 

handed over 

to purchase

the remains 

of their 

now lifeless 

body 

your denial

does not 

change

their reality 

your hope

that they 

lived 

a happy life,

before you

wished them 

dead,

does not 

offer them 

comfort

you know

taste,

they knew

suffering

but their

suffering

is easy 

to ignore 

in the 

checkout line

where their

bleeding bodies

are nowhere 

in sight

28 Oct 2018

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